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Maya 2020 fundamentals - modelling the real world

Get halfway through a model and find it's an unworkable mess? Can't add edge loops where you need them? Can't subdivide a mesh properly? If any of this sounds familiar check this course out.

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look what I got

http://www.simplymaya.com/kevin_private/LargeRenderCentZombiePose2.jpg Here soon! Dave :)

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by alienscience

28-08-2005|01:46 AM

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creating text in maya

How can I create text in maya? Right now when I click on create text from the menu bar, the word "Maya" appears, but I do not know how to change it,...

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by mstram

27-08-2005|11:59 PM

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modeling question

I'm trying to create a doorway in a wall but when i tried deleting the faces from front and back of the wall, there's no polygons to the sides. i...

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by ryuhayabusa13

27-08-2005|09:49 PM

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Some questions

Hi im from the netherlands and start using Maya for a couple of weeks. I started with the cartoon dog tutorial of kurt (great tutorial :bow: )...

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by Total Rookie

27-08-2005|06:09 PM

Replies: 3

falling camcorder

Is there a way to add dynamics to a camera? supposing i want to model a tower and throw a camera off the top of the roof using gravity, how would...

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by stylish_chemist

27-08-2005|11:05 AM

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Absolute neophyte!

I'm needing help in figuring out how to render imated logo I created as an SWF file. each time I attempt to output it using the maya vector...

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by Drought

27-08-2005|09:46 AM

Replies: 6

rendering background

hello just wondering how u render the background in a different colour than black, been puzzling me for ages . niceone Dragon013

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by swankymonkey

27-08-2005|05:00 AM

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Jammy When Animating Polygon Faces

When im animating alot of polygon faces, say about 1000 polygon faces. If i click on an animated frame, it takes about 30seconds to show up. ...

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by sloth_boy

27-08-2005|01:47 AM

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solitaire

who can beat this

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by swankymonkey

26-08-2005|11:02 PM

Replies: 6

Export as MDL

Hello, I am currently learning Maya and Hammer (the map editor included with the Source -- Half Life 2 engine -- SDK). From my research, it...

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by technel

26-08-2005|06:47 PM

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Mixed materials?

Hii. Is there anyway of mixing materials so that you have both lambert and blinn on different places on the model? Or if i can mix bumbmapping?...

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by kablink

26-08-2005|06:09 PM

Replies: 3

Links Thread

Inspired by the Maya tips and tricks thread i thought this one would be useful. every 1 plz put links to maya based websites wether on tutorials, or...

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by pbman

26-08-2005|04:39 PM

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network shading

ok here is my question,when i create my own ramp(reflectivity, specular, diffuse...),when its time to connect it to my material, in the connection...

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by mc-fleury

26-08-2005|03:46 PM

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pathanimation

Hello, we want to animate a scene where a snowboard is boarding down a hill. Our problem is that we want to use a gravityfield to get realistic...

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by mtmckinley

26-08-2005|11:58 AM

Replies: 2

quadro FX3400 or GF 6800

Hi all I've been using my GF 6800 with Maya and all seems fine but I have just started my own business and need to get the best of my machine. I'm...

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by Stephen

26-08-2005|07:10 AM

Replies: 6

maya for freelance?

hey im new to maya. i think its the most powerful and comprehensive animation prog on the market. but does it make sense learning if im gonna pay a...

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by haynesy

26-08-2005|04:19 AM

Replies: 3

academic licence

At the moment i have personal learning edition 6.5 but in about a month or so i will be a full time student again and will get 7.0 unlimited with the...

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by badtertle

26-08-2005|01:38 AM

Replies: 3

some simple questions about maya

hi everyone im new to maya and im having trouble figuring out some simple things in the software. if any of you can help me out with any of these...

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by Phopojijo

26-08-2005|12:06 AM

Replies: 6

guns?? why so many???

does anyone in this forum model anything other than guns, i guess there's just a lot gamers out there. I have not interest in guns and wonndered if...

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by Phopojijo

26-08-2005|12:01 AM

Replies: 10

Zbrush tutorials

Hi Kurt, I have heard that Zbrush is a very good tool for texturing models. In your opinion is it worth investing time in learning how to use...

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by haynesy

25-08-2005|10:57 PM

Replies: 7

simple question

im currently adding a skeleton to a model but the joint circles are so big that im getting confused where some of the joints are located in my model....

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